He's either a first-class bigot or he's really, really dumb. Either way, he deserves to go.
I don't think he's a first-class bigot. I do think he is really, really, dumb. This incident is nothing compared to previous statements of democrats that went unnoticed by the American public and the Black community in specific. Unfortunately, the man has "tenure" in the senate and for better or worse is the leader of the Party in that body. The only people who would want him to resign over this are either DEMOCRATS (for purely political reasons), or reactionaries (with too big a chip on their shoulder). To scream at him for being a moron is one thing, to demand his resignation over this, is well, something a Jesse Jackson would do. Having the current senate majority leader resign at this time over this display of his ignorance would be, well, really really dumb. Lott should fess up, either he was ignorant and stuck his foot in his mouth, OR as some here maintain, he is really an old-time segregationist. Anyone who believes the latter based on this incident would be better suited to posting on DU with like-minded fools.